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June 13, 2017

Rainbow Plus Quilt | Modern Quilt

Oh, the wonders of quilting project fabric scraps. They hold
so many possibilities – you’ve just got to let your imagination go and think
outside the box!

And when your scraps are this pretty, how could you resist?

I had triangle scraps from the flying geese I made for my Spring is in the Air quilt.
You know me and those triangles…I just can’t throw them away!

After sewing the triangles together and playing with
layouts. I wasn’t entirely convinced and felt the quilt blocks needed a little
more oomph. A few small squares and some
stitching and my HSTs had been snowballed 😊

They looked really good together in pairs of fours, but
while thinking about my design options, I had a visual of plus signs. Small
ones for the corner blocks featuring the HST layout and a larger central one to
unify the pairings. I’ve been wanting to make a plus quilt for quite awhile
now, so I guess this is my foray into the realm of pus quilt designs!

I was working on this in March and the weather was anything
but Spring-like. We still had snow storms and below freezing temperatures going
on. It was a welcome relief to get to play with such gorgeous fabrics! They
reassured me that Spring would be here soon bringing its sunshine and flowers.

You know me and my love for straight line quilting and that’s
exactly what I went for in the large central plus sign. Instead of just going
from top to bottom, I echoed the corners of each block so that I wouldn’t have
any intersecting lines. I was hoping this would further emphasize the plus sign
as well as give it some nice quilty texture. I think I succeeded!!

For the corner blocks, I decided to have some fun with the
quilting. I opted to use not one. Not two. But three different coloured
threads. I would have gone for four, but I don’t have any green thread on hand.
Clearly a sign I need to expand on my quilting thread stash 😉

The machine quilting was perfect for anchoring the quilt
down, but I really wanted to add some extra texture. So, I added a little pop
of yellow with the big stitch hand quilting using Aurifil thread in 12wt. Only a
couple of lines in the white background, but I think it finishes it off
perfectly.

Haven’t a clue where I’m going to hang this, but I know
she’ll look amazing and bring such vibrancy to the space once I find her a
spot!

Some of my favourite projects have been created just based
on my fabric scraps. I think it’s quickly becoming one of my all-time fav ways
to play! So, give it a go and see what little beauty you create!